Kansas governor candidate hopes to find support among women

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The only woman in the five-way Democratic primary race for Kansas governor hopes that female voters will make their voices heard during the upcoming primary.

State Sen. Laura Kelly is hoping that women will support her when they go to the polls Tuesday, The Kansas City Star reported . It will be the Democrats' first primary for governor in Kansas in two decades.

"I think this all sort of started bubbling up with the Women's March right after the inauguration, and the momentum has just kept going," Kelly said when asked about the role of women in the primary.